Rocks and Landforms
Investigation 7:
Glaciers, Erosion and Deposition

This investigation will help you to:

Warnings from the Ice,
NOVA
The companion site to the NOVA program about the Antarctic glaciers

Glacier,
Rice University
Provides general information on glaciers as well as more detailed information on Antarctica.

All About Glaciers,
NSIDC
A glacier site suitable for people of all ages.

Coastal-Change and Glaciological Maps of Antarctica
USGS
Climate change and effects on glaciers as seen on Antarctica. Uses Landsat imagery.

The Antarctic Shop: DVDs,
International Antartic Centre
Provides descriptions and ordering information fro videos on glaciers and Antartica

The Collapse of a Glacier
YouTube
Incredible footage of a glacier collapse.

Retreating Glacier
YouTube
In Pucarumi, a small community in the foothills of the snow-capped Peruvian Andes, Felipe mulls the fate of the life-giving Ausangate glacier. Year after year, the great white glacier of his boyhood has receded and slowly turned black.